Multi function dessert fork

ABSTRACT

The innovated multi function dessert fork comprises an equal sign and triple-arrow of two different designs with forking, cutting and shoveling food of three functionalities together. Unlike a normal fork, the multifunction dessert fork has two dedicated cutting edges that would cut any dessert easily without using a dinner knife; it would also fit left and right hand person perfectly. The fork has only three effective teeth, and they are shorter than normal fork teeth, which would make more room for cutting and shoveling food. It is new design with a novel look. It would bring more convenient to our life as well as more fun to enjoy the dessert.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

(NOT APPLICABLE)

STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT

(NOT APPLICABLE)

REFERENCE TO SEQUENCE LISTING, A TABLE, OR A COMPUTER PROGRAM LISTINGCOMPACT DISC APPENDIX

(NOT APPLICABLE)

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The present disclosure relates to forks being capable of forking,cutting and shoveling the food easily and effectively.

Dessert is a very important part in our life. People love to eat dessertlike cakes or fruits after meal. What I am going to point out is thetableware that people used for eating the dessert. After eating themeal, I noticed that some people like to use their dinner forks to cut alarge piece of cake or fruit instead of using their knives, because theydon't want to use their contaminated dinner knives to cut their dessert,in the meantime they want to be fast and easy. It tells me that peoplewant to use the fork as a knife with cutting functionality, and thereisn't a fork with multi functionalities available in the current market.

Therefore an innovated multi function dessert fork solving theaforementioned issue is desired.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

One exemplary embodiment of the disclosed subject matter is theinnovated multi function dessert fork. As we know a regular fork is mademainly for forking and shoveling food, but never made for cutting foodespecially when people eating dessert. Normally a dinner fork comes withfour teeth about 1 and ¾″ inch in length without any cutting edges onit. The multi function dessert fork is a new designed with three mainfunctionalities of forking, cutting and shoveling food together. Firstis the forking food, I noticed that we normally use about ½″ inch of thefork teeth to hold the food, and the rest of part is useless. So Ishortened fork teeth from 1 and ¾″ inch to about ⅝″ inch, then limitedfork teeth from 4 to 3 teeth in order to leave more room for cuttingedges. Speaking the cutting edges, it is the most important feature ofthe dessert fork. Since the fork has only three teeth, there is anenough space to create two dedicated cutting edges on two sides thatwould fit both left and right hand users. The cutting edges are not verysharp, but it could cut all kinds of dessert easily and effectively.Last I widened the fork slightly in order to carry more food. Because ofcombined functions—the fork teeth in the front and cutting edges on thesides, they would make the fork getting and shoveling food as a piece ofcake. This innovated multi function dessert fork looks not onlydifferent but also works effectively. The fork could change the waypeople eating food and make our life easier and brighter than everbefore.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING

The following illustrated drawings are some non-limiting exemplaryembodiments of the disclosed subject matter. Identical of similarstructure, elements, or parts that appear in one or more drawings aregenerally labeled with the same reference numeral, optionally with anadditional letter or letters to distinguish between similar objects orvariants of objects, and may not be repeatedly labeled or described.Dimensions of components and features shown in the figures are chosenfor convenience or clarity of presentation. For convenience or clarity,some elements or structures are not shown or shown only partially and/orwith different perspective or from different point of views.

FIG. 1 is the front view of a normal dinner fork showing that the forkhas four long teeth and an ordinary look without any cutting edges onit.

FIG. 2 is the front view of an innovated multi function dessert forkshowing the fork comes with three short affective teeth, two dedicatedcutting edges with an equal sign in between as well as a novel design.

FIG. 2A is the side view of the multi function dessert fork showing thatthe fork teeth and the body are in a simple and straight shape with acurved transition in between.

FIG. 2B is the front view of the multi function dessert fork showing apattern of triple-arrow is in between two dedicated cutting edges, whichwould make the fork a different look as well as a novel design.

FIG. 2C is the back view of the multi function dessert fork showing thetwo grinded cutting areas on the back of the fork.

FIG. 3 is the front view of the multi function dessert forks showing itsthree main functionalities of cutting, forking and shoveling food all inone.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

This invention would fill in the blank of the fork that especially madefor dessert other than the traditional ones. The traditional dinner forkis not a proper tool to eat dessert because it doesn't have a cuttingfunctionality. Nowadays many people like to use one tool doingeverything in order to be easy and fast especially in the modern world.

As we know a regular dinner fork 1 comes with four long teeth 10 about1″ and ¾″ inch in length, the handle 13 is round 5″ inches long andthere is no cutting edges on the sides 12A, 12B. I have noticed thatpeople only use bout ½″ to ⅝″ inch of the fork teeth 10 to fork food,and the rest of them is useless. I also noticed that some people use thefork side edges to cut food instead of using a knife in order tosimplify the eating process and save more time. The simple and fastrhythm is the characteristic of modern life. However it is not easy tocut food with a traditional dinner fork because it does not have acutting functionality. A multi function dessert fork 2, 2B is theultimate solution shown in FIGS. 2, 2B. First, I shortened fork teeth 10from 1″ and ¾″ inch to ⅝″ inch which is the most effective part of thefork, then reduced an amount of the fork teeth from four 10 to three 20in order to make a room for cutting edges shown in FIGS. 1, 2, 2B, 2C.From mechanical considerations, the fork needs a dedicated cutting area22, 22A, 22B to cut food; the back of the fork sides 22, 22A and 22Bwould be grinded and polished 24 to two cutting edges like the edge ofdinner knife, which would not hurt people but could cut food easily andeffectively shown in FIG. 2C; the handle of the fork 26 preferably is4.5″ inches long which is little shorter than a normal dinner fork witha simple design shown in FIGS. 1, 2, 2A, 2B; From the perspective ofhuman nature, the fork needs two cutting edges 22A, 22B for both leftand right hand users shown in FIGS. 2, 2B, 2C; The main fork area 21 and21A is bout 2.5″ inches long which is same as a traditional fork 11, butthe width (edge to edge) is a slightly wider from ⅝″ inch (12A to 12B)to 1″ inch (22A to 22B) shown in FIGS. 1, 2, 2B, 2C; there is an equalsign 23 or a triple-arrow pattern 23A in between the cutting edges (22Aand 22B) which would make the fork a simple and nice look, and at thesame time reducing the weight shown in FIGS. 2, 2B, 2C; Both pattern 23and 23A are a simple look, and a curved transition part 25 between mainfork 21 and handle 24 which would make the fork easy and comfortable touse shown in FIG. 2A, the innovated multi function dessert fork would beused as a fork, a knife and a small shovel of three functionalities inone fork shown in FIG. 3; The design and multi function of the dessertfork are coordinated well along with a novel appearance.

The invention claimed is:
 1. The idea and design of multi functiondessert fork comprising: three shortened fork teeth, two dedicatedcutting edges, and two different designs of an equal sign and triplearrows would be used on the fork.
 2. The multi function dessert fork ofclaim 1, there are three shortened fork teeth about ⅝″ inch long in thefront part of the fork.
 3. The multi function dessert fork of claim 1,there are two dedicated cutting edges with 4 round corners on the twosides of the fork.
 4. The multi function dessert fork of claim 1, thereare two different designs of an equal sign pattern and a triple-arrowpattern would be used on the fork.